SF News Saturday Links: Experts Believe California Wildfires Caused More Than $10B in Damages The economic toll of the state's spat of historic wildfires is estimated to be north of $10B, Castello di Amorosa reopened its tasting room for business, and the second presidential debate has been canceled by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: World Food Program Wins Nobel Peace Prize Nine residents have died and 46 have been infected in a recent COVID outbreak at a Santa Cruz County nursing home, Alameda County has reopened gyms and malls, and the UN World Food Program has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Coachella Pushed to October 2021 There was an "officer-involved fatal incident" in Concord last night, Dr. Anthony Fauci is participating in a UC Berkeley public policy talk today, and a leaked FEMA memo suggests 34 White House staffers have been infected with COVID-19.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Probably No Rain This Week After All According to a new report there were 63 verbal altercations and nine assaults on Muni drivers over mask-wearing rules between April and August, and pulmonology experts say Trump is clearly struggling to breathe.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Judge Reverses EPA Reversal On Redwood City Salt Ponds Containment on the Glass Fire has reached 50 percent, a UCSF infectious disease specialist balks at Trump's behavior after leaving Walter Reed, and a judge rules against the EPA regarding the Cargill salt ponds in the Bay.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Family Of Oscar Grant Wants Second BART Officer Charged A UCSF doctor has called Trump's motorcade stunt outside the hospital on Sunday "massively irresponsible," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has now tested positive for COVID-19, and California just crossed the 4 million mark for acres burned this year.
SF News Sunday Links: Bay Area Air Quality Expected To Approach 'Unhealthy' Levels "Unhealthy" air conditions are expected in San Francisco and elsewhere today, local rents continue to drop in price at record amounts, and the next day or two will prove "critical" as President Trump continues fighting an active — and some believe to be severe — COVID-19 infection.
SF News Saturday Links: Instagram-Famous Hello Kitty Truck Will Stop in San Francisco This Month Kellyanne Conway announced she has also tested positive for COVID-19, the Instagram-famous Hello Kitty Truck is heading to San Francisco this month, and the Glass Fire has ballooned to over 62,000 acres as of Saturday morning — and the blaze is currently just 10 percent contained.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Pelosi Hopes For 'Saner' Approach to Pandemic After Trumps Get COVID Nancy Pelosi says the Trumps' COVID infections are "sad" but were perhaps inevitable, firefighters are facing an unpredictable day with the Glass Fire, and a young man was found dead on a BART train in the East Bay.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Fires Worsen Housing Crisis in Santa Cruz The CDC has extended the cruise ship ban through October, San Jose is seeing a spike in fires at homeless encampments, and Facebook saw a spike in Proud Boys content after Tuesday's debate.
SF News Humpday Headlines: U.S. Attorney Recuses Himself In City Hall Case New York City is reopening restaurants at 25-percent capacity just as SF is, Berkeley residents woke up to a small earthquake, and Trump managed to drag Oakland into Tuesday night's debate.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Santa Rosa Senior Community Saved From Fire Three people have died in the Zogg Fire in Shasta County, Calistoga is a ghost town right now, the evacuated senior community in east Santa Rosa appears to have been spared from flames, and Oakland has had a disturbing recent spate of homicides.
SF News Monday Morning Links: Air Quality to Hold Steady Around SF One person was killed by a fallen tree branch while picnicking in Burlingame over the weekend, California parents are protesting schools remaining closed with a "Zoom-out," and the TikTok ban is on hold.
SF News Sunday Links: Some Wine Country Residents Could Lose Power Tonight PG&E is warning that those living in Sonoma and Napa might be without electricity later tonight, parts of San Francisco are expected to be in the low-90s Monday, and as we all saw coming: Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court Saturday to fill the seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
SF News Saturday Links: Parts of Bay Area Issued Red Flag Warning Over High Heat and Strong Winds A mix of strong winds and high temperatures has left some parts of the Bay Area with Red Flag Warnings, Oakland's much-anticipated Horn Barbeque finally opens today, and Target is looking to hire some 130,000 holiday workers.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Bay Area Likely to Be Spared From Power Shutoffs A small vegetation fire in a Santa Rosa neighborhood where the Tubbs Fire struck three years ago freaked everyone out on Thursday, and SF Mayor London Breed is pledging $28.5 million to the city's Latinx community for pandemic relief and testing.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SF City Attorney Sues 28 Drug Dealers to Keep Them Out of the Tenderloin United Airlines is offering rapid COVID tests for passengers flying from SFO to Hawaii, mail theft is on the rise in Oakland, and SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera is seeking civil injunctions against 28 known drug dealers to deter them from entering the Tenderloin.
SF News Humpday Headlines: One-Shot Vaccine Begins Large Final Trial Johnson & Johnson has begun a final-stage trial of its one-shot COVID vaccine in 60,000 volunteers, Newsom is making a big climate announcement today, and the Giants hold on to a wild-card spot.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: Romney's No Hero A vegetation fire prompted evacuations in Belmont yesterday, Trump is still saying the coronavirus "affects virtually nobody," and Facebook is ready to lock down communication amid post-election violence and unrest.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: SF Catholics Protest Ban on Indoor Worship Pelosi says "we would win it all" if the election were tomorrow, damages are being assessed in the North Complex fire, and hospitals in the Bay Area say they are starting to see their first flu cases of the season.
SF News Sunday Links: Father and Son Rescued Off Cliff at Fort Funston A father and son were rescued off a cliff at Fort Funston Saturday after attempting to climb down it to the water below, a string of sexual battery cases has shaken the otherwise sleepy Sea Cliff neighborhood, and a huge crowd of generally unmasked people gathered at Fort Mason yesterday afternoon.
SF News Saturday Links: City Health Inspectors Help Ready for SF School Reopenings SFDPH health inspectors have started assessing schools in the city ahead of in-class teaching, Oakland's youths are rallying to save the planet, and a woman was hospitalized this week after a coyote bit her on the leg at a remote Marin County beach.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: SF Census Counting Cut Short TikTok is leaving the Apple and Google app stores under Trump's orders, the North Complex fire is now the fifth largest in state history as well as the fifth deadliest, and Census enumerators in SF say they were told there was no more work in August.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SF Officials Pledge New Crackdown On Sideshows Some Santa Clara County business owners are lobbying for faster "red" tier reopening, almost everyone in the CZU Lightning Complex fire zone has returned home, and all Yoga Tree studios are remaining closed indefinitely.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Five People Shot Near San Jose State Campus Two people were killed in a shooting near San Jose State Tuesday night, UCSF is seeking study participants for an app-based location-tracing effort for COVID-19, and more than a dozen SF schools may be reopening for in-person teaching soon.
